“It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you spend a lot of time in your formative years around an accent, you're going to pick it up. I had been living in LA for a bit and that's what happened.” YearsSaidBitsHappenedPaperPicksAccentsPapersDeliberateRejectingFormative Years Author:Joss Stone
“There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around and it made good TV.” MadeFacesEasyHappenedTvsPicksClintonErasVillainColumbineDifferent Eras Author:Marilyn Manson
“Only a dreamer or a fool would pick a stock at random and expect it to take off like a space ship from its launching pad. Certainly this has happened - about as often as a dime-store clerk has become a Hollywood star or a boy born in a log cabin has been elected President of the United States - just often enough, that is, to keep alive the Great American Dream.” Has BeensStatesEnoughDreamStarsPresidentBornSpaceUnitedBoysUnited StatesAliveHappenedFoolPicksHollywoodStoresShipsDreamerAmerican DreamDimesGreat AmericanClerksPadsCabinsLaunchingHollywood StarsLog Cabins Author:Catherine Crook de Camp
“If I had to pick one exact moment when we were live on air and something very, very special happened it was at the Athens Olympics. Chris Hoy won the Gold Medal in the kilometre time trial and that was incredible.” IfsMomentsHappenedAirSpecialPicksGoldIncrediblesTrialsOlympicsMedalGold MedalsAthens Author:Jill Douglas
“If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer leave conversations wondering what just happened. Other people's minds and motives are finally revealed.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindWonderWorryHappenedInformationAmountConversationPicksMotiveAstonishingThink Of YouWorry Less Author:Pamela Druckerman
“I had one kid with the birth control pill, I had one with the diaphram and I had one with the I.U.D. I don't even know what happened with my I.U.D. It never came out. But I have my suspicions because that kid picks up HBO.” KnowsKidsHappenedBirthPicksSuspicionPillsBirth ControlHboBirth Control Pills Author:Roseanne Barr
“I worked in a paper mill all my adult life and there were a lot of funny guys there. So you pick up on that. Even though something really bad might have happened to somebody you can still make a joke out of it.” StillsMightGuyHappenedPaperJokesPicksAdultsMillsFunny Guy Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.” YearsMatterShowsSongHappenedPicksStartingAlbums Author:Cheyenne Jackson